{"id":4974,"date":"2024-01-22T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/which-eu-countries-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:28:07","slug":"which-eu-countries-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/which-eu-countries-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Which EU countries sell arms to Saudi Arabia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n        Which EU countries would be most affected by a ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and why are NGOs and some MEPs campaigning for the change?\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-small-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-180x22-grey-6.svg\" width=\"180\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Members of the European Parliament yesterday renewed their call for a European Union arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, following allegations that the country is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/11\/25\/humanitarian-aid-reaches-yemen-as-crisis-worsens\">breaching international humanitarian law in Yemen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&amp;reference=P8-RC-2017-0649&amp;language=EN\">It is the latest attempt<\/a> in a string of actions compelling EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to impose an embargo against the Middle-Eastern country, including <a href=\"http:\/\/extranet.greens-efa-service.eu\/public\/media\/file\/1\/5376\">a letter signed by MEPs from several parties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-sticky-floor c-advertising-sticky-floor sales-advertising-sticky-floor u-hide-for-medium\"><button class=\"c-ad__btn-close\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"this.parentElement.classList.add('u-hide-for-all')\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/icons\/icon-cross-10x10-grey-6.svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" alt=\"Close advertising\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;All new (arms) sales should not be allowed to Saudi Arabia at the moment,&#8221; Bodil Valero, am MEP from Sweden, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Rapporteur for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/en\/article\/press\/eu-must-impose-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/\">a European Parliament report on EU arms exports<\/a>, Valero said: &#8220;European weapons are contributing to human rights abuses and forced migration, which are completely at odds with the EU&#8217;s common values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two successful European Parliament resolutions on the issue have&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/11\/30\/which-eu-countries-sell-arms-to-saudi-arabia-\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which EU countries would be most affected by a ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and why are NGOs and some MEPs campaigning for the change? ADVERTISEMENT Members of the European Parliament yesterday renewed their call for a European Union arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, following allegations that the country is breaching international humanitarian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-politics-ar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}